TABLE 2. Diversity of freshwater fishes of Syria and neighboring countries.
Country # Total Species # Endemic (Rate) # Introduced (Rate) Source # Order # Family # Genera # Species Source
Syria 108 6 (5.6%) 11 (10.2%) This study 15 25 51 108 This study
Iraq 99 3 (3.0%) 22 (22.2%) Based on our list 16 28 56 99 Based on our list
Iran 292 102 (35%) 29 (9.9%) Eagderi et al. (2022) 24 36 106 292 Eagderi et al. (2022)
Turkiye 424 212 (50.0%) 21 (5.0%) Çiçek et al. (2020) and based on our list 20 37 97 424 Çiçek et al. (2020) and based on our list
Lebanon 39 2 (5.1%) 10 (25.6%) Based on our list 12 17 27 39 Based on our list
Jordan 18 1 (5.6%) 5 (27.7%) Based on our list 4 7 13 18 Based on our list
Israel 55 4 (7.3%) 19 (34.6%) Based on our list 9 14 39 55 Based on our list